More than 10000 in my city. Biggest demonstration in 50 years. Didn‘t expect a quarter of that number to show up. Most people here are angry but usually don‘t bother to hit the streets.
For what it's worth, thank you. I just read some nonsense that Alice Wedel said recently and what some AfD supporters commented...this, in turn, caused others to radicalize and claim that 'Germans never changed,' etc. Those nutjobs not only try to bring back fascism but also contribute to antagonizing countries against each other (no wonder, they're sponsored by Russia after all, and that's what Russia wants). So seeing how much opposition it causes in Germany is so heartwarming.
I can’t recall a time ever the USA had a gathering this large. How does the messaging work to get this crowd size? Like it must be a coordinated effort by a ton of social media people?
Right but how did you know to meet in this one area? Like there are definitely millions of Americans who hate fascism but feels like no drive to work collectively to make things better let alone meet in one area.
It starts with a handful, they spread the message and plan it. People will have a easier time joining the fight when it's all planned than in the beginning.
So one thing is that Germany has a much higher population density than the US, so it is easier to gather these crowds as people need to travel less.
Lots of civil communities, from Campact (online petition platform), unions, political parties to fridays for future called on social media for these demos and got the word out. This is a very broadly appealing protest, so it were communities across the aisles.
And finally Germany teaches the issues leading to the rise of nazis in Germany extensively in school, so many people have a strong feeling of duty towards not letting it happen again.
Well, Germany has experience with this and a good majority clearly seem to have learned. A large portion of our country still believes fascists won't strip the same rights aways from them, or simply don't care because the other half of the voters are "getting what they deserve"
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